WW LXXIX: Fall From Olympus - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Glirdan · 08-14-2010, 12:32 AM

This was a challenge as all I wanted to do was pick people to give the roles too. This ended up happening with Wilwa, phantom and Kath. Why? Wilwa brought me a Kath for my birthday and Wilwa convinced phantom to play. End of story.

But the rest were kind of fun to pick. I wrote the remaining 16 players names on small sheets of paper, folded them up and put them in my fedora. I then grabbed another sheet and wrote the role on it. I drew six names from it. From those six names, I looked at the gender of the God/Goddess and removed the opposite sex (you’ll see what I mean in a minute) then put the remaining names back in the hat and drew until one player’s name had been drawn five times. This is how the draws happened

NOTE: I have little comments for each of them because something happened

Poseidon
First Draw – Eonwe, Greenie, Lottie, Lalaith, Zil, Nog
Removed – Greenie, Lottie, Lalaith
Second Draw
Eonwe 4
Zil 2
Nog 5

*This was funny for me as Eonwe was leading and was JUST about to get the role before Nog swooped in with another three times. Oh, and keep watching the player’s drawn on the first draw and you’ll notice something that made me laugh!

Hades
First Draw - Rikae, Eonwe, Lalaith, Greenie, Shasta, Nienna
Removed - Rikae, Lalaith, Shasta, Nienna
Second Draw
Eonwe 3
Shasta 5

*Not gonna lie, I was kind of hoping this one would work out this way….Sorry Eonwe!!! Don’t hate me!!

Persephone
First Draw - Zil, Greenie, Boro, Nerwen, Nienna, Mac
Removed - Zil, Boro, Mac
Second Draw
Greenie 2
Nerwen 5
Nienna 2

*Nerwen won this one in a landslide ladies. I had a feeling it would be her because her name had three points to it before either of you two had on. And I hope you’ve all caught two names that have kept resurfacing in all of these!

Demeter
First Draw - Boro, Tum, Eonwe, Folwren, Nienna, Greenie
Removed - Boro, Eonwe
Second Draw
Tum 1
Folwren 2
Nienna 1
Greenie 5

*Another landslide. Greenie finally got a role after having her name drawn EVERY SINGLE time to this point! I was REALLY tempted to just give the role to Nienna (all Bostonmooters [and probably Genevamooters as well] would fully understand why [LOVE YOU Ni!!]) but I figured that Greenie deserved it after having her name drawn three times and getting nothing. Oh, and in the first four draws, all four ladies were drawn once.

Hebe
First Draw - Lalaith, Rikae, Boro, Mira, Zil, Folwren
Removed - Boro, Zil
Second Draw
Lalaith 4
Rikae 4
Mira 5
Folwren 4

*I honestly had no idea which way this was going to go because it was close throughout the entire thing. Every time I drew a name, it was a different one (obviously).

Hercules
First Draw - Rikae, Lalaith, Mac, Folwren, Zil, Nienna
Removed - Rikae, Lalaith, Folwre, Nienna
Second Draw
Mac 5
Zil 4

*Again, another REALLY close round. Everytime I drew Mac, Zil’s name would follow right behind it.

Apollo
First Draw – Tum, Nienna, Boro, Lalaith, BeiGei, Zil
Removed - NONE (Will explain in footnote)
Second Draw
Tum 5
Nienna 1
Boro 2
Sally 4
BeiGei 4
Zil 3

*The reason I did not remove any names from this round is because Apollo is the True Seer and I felt like mixing it up. At this point, I started cutting the names being drawn from 6 to 4

Hermes
First Draw – Eonwe, Zil, Boro, Rikae
Removed - NONE (Will explain in footnote)
Second Draw
Eonwe 1
Zil 1
Boro 5
Rikae 0

*Same reason as Apollo, as the False Seer, I did not want Hermes to have any gender constriction…a lot of good that did eh? And at this point, I only have two male players left with many more male roles, so all names remain in at this point.

Ares
First Draw - Rikae, Folwren, Lottie, Eonwe
Second Draw
Rikae 5
Folwren 3
Lottie 4
Eonwe 4

*This was an entertaining draw for me as Lottie wasn’t even on the map as the other three had two draws each, and then Lottie came out of nowhere and had four votes, with Rikae still at two. Yay randomness!! At this point, three names are being drawn.

Hephaestus
First Draw - Zil, Eonwe, Lalaith
Second Draw
Zil 2
Eonwe 0
Lalaith 5

*Poor Eonwe still hasn’t received a role yet and I think there have only been a couple of times when his name wasn’t drawn.

Aphrodite
First Draw - Folwren, BeiGei, Zil
Second Draw
Sally 2
BeiGei 5
Zil 4

*Another interesting round. Zil had four draws by the time Foley even had one and BeiGei had two.

Pan
First Round - Eonwe, Lottie, Nienna
Second Round
Eonwe 2
Sally 1
Nienna 5

*Eonwe got gypped again!! Nienna is lucky though because the role after next to be handed out is the Hunter…and some of us know her terrible luck with Hunters lol. Note at this point, two names are being drawn.

Dionysus
First Round - Eonwe, Folwren
Second Round
Eonwe 0
Folwren 5

*….And again gypped. Just not his luck I guess!

Artemis
First Round - Lottie, Eonwe
Second Round
Lottie 5
Eonwe 2

*And gypped once more!! Maybe he’ll get lucky with the next round!?

Eros
Zil 5
Eonwe 2

*And again, he misses which means….

Athena
Eonwe 0
Sally 5

*Definitely not his day…In other words, I’m sorry Eonwe. This is what happens when it is quite literally luck of the draw!! Don’t hate me!!

Glirdan · 08-14-2010, 12:35 AM

True Seer Dreams

Night 1 – Nog – Poseidon
Night 2 – Lottie – Artemis
Night 3 – Rikae - Ares
Night 4 – Zil - Eros

False Seer Dreams

Night 1 – Keeper (aka Mira) – Hestia
Night 2 – Nerwen – Athena

2nd False Seer Dreams

Night 3 – Nogrod – Artemis
Night 4 – Nerwen - Hercules
Night 5 – phantom - Hebe

Wolf Picks

Night 2 - Boro
Night 3 – Mira
Night 4 – Lottie
Night 5 – Zil
Night 6 – Nienna
Night 7 – Folwren
Night 8 – phantom

Ranger Picks

Night 2 – the phantom
Night 3 – Lottie
Night 4 – Sally
Night 5 – Kath
Night 6 – Sally

Hunter Picks

Night 2 - Tum
Night 3 –
Night 4 - Wilwa

Persephone Guess

Night 2 – Wilwa
Night 3 – Shasta

Eros Picks

Night 2 – Greenie (Protect)
Night 3 – Mira (Protect)
Night 3 – Mac (Hunt)
Night 4 - phantom (Protect)
Night 4 – Nienna (Hunt)
Night 5 – Foley (Protect)
Night 5 – Greenie (Hunt)

Others

Mytho – Night 2 – Boro
Zeus Kill – Day 4 – Tum
Persephone Dream – Night 7 - Lalaith

Oh, just to clear the air, Tum was the True Seer, Boro and Kath were the false.

I think that's everything from me, so go ahead and post everyone!!

Thanks for a great game!!

Loslote · 08-14-2010, 02:16 AM

Right, well, first off, I owe a huge apology to Nog and Tum. I was totally wrong about you guys. I meant to say it Day 4, but see, I couldn't. So sorry!

~~~

Thanks for modding, O Wonderous Modly One of Glird!

And as it happens, Artemis was pretty much the best role I could've gotten, so yay for randomness!

Zil, I have our pms, and I can post them soon. (I would post them now, but it's already midnight-thirty, and I want to go to bed soon!)

Great game, guys! Good job winning the game, Good Team. (@Sally:

)

Nerwen · 08-14-2010, 03:47 AM

You know, I wasted my dream, since I basically knew Lalaith was a wolf. (No, my beloved didn't break any rules by telling me directly, but it wasn't too hard to work out). However, I'm glad I did– the last Day would have been pretty dull if I'd known Foley's role for certain all along.

Quote:

Originally Posted by [B

Glirdan[/B]]Oh, just to clear the air, Tum was the True Seer, Boro and Kath were the false.

I thought so. Of course I'd intended that Day to make a case for her being the False Seer to keep the sheep off Lalaith, but when I looked through her posts I realised she actually was false. So that ended up being a completely honest analysis from a (then) villain.

Inziladun · 08-14-2010, 07:31 AM

Excellent job, village! That was a most formidable wolf-pack to begin with, and you even had the Cursed against you at the end.
I feel bad for my relentless pursuit of Tum, but Lottie and I had decided she was our number 1 suspect fairly early on. I left her unprotected after she revealed with the expectation that Pan would probably have protected her that Night, and then we could simply trade off. Thanks for ruining that, phantom.

Lottie was a great partner to have on this. It's always interesting to go back and read PM's with hind sight. You can post them, Lottie. I don't think I said anything that wasn't family-friendly. Look over them, though.

The Mira- save was founded on the belief that the wolves would have been tempted to go after her based on Boro's "hint" to her. Glad to see that was apparently the case!
And my killing Greenie? Well, I'd been afraid one of the quiet ones (e.g. Kath, Lalaith, Greenie, or Nienna was slipping under my radar. Nog had said some things about suspecting Greenie because she was being so nice to him, or something of that nature, and that tipped the scales in her favour. Add to that the fact that when I sent that pick in to Glirdan I was waiting for a table at a seaside restaurant that has the most excellent crabcakes one could imagine, and I might not have been thinking entirely clearly.

Folwren · 08-14-2010, 08:37 AM

Thanks for modding, Glirdan! I enjoyed this game very much.

I'm flattered that my death took so long. Though, I must say, I imagined my character much different.

(Forgive me...that's what comes of being a RPGer, I imagine characters in depth. Ah well.)

That was a pretty intense game...Especially there at the end.

I have a question for the three remaining players, but mostly for Nerwen and Sally:

It was said more than once that if I were Dionysus (which, apparently, I was), that would explain for the way I played throughout the game. Will you please tell me how exactly you mean that I played? You see, I played my very best for the good of the gods, I really, trully did. I dreaded being turned the entire time, for I have a hard time changing loyalties like that, and I was actually really upset about being changed at the last minute.

Phantom - why did you kill Tum?

-- Foley

Rikae · 08-14-2010, 08:43 AM

*sigh* From the moment I saw Shasta and Nerwen's hints, I knew they were going to come back to bite us. But in fairness to them, they rreally did need to get in contact with each other.

I can see I'm becoming the person no one bothers to suspect because they know the seer will dream them... maybe I'll stick to seer-free games from here on out!

And I'd just like to say I quite liked my role. God of war suits me very well, I think.... and it was a cool coincidence that our old wolf-pack from the previous unfinished game was sort of reunited. Good game, everybody!

satansaloser2005 · 08-14-2010, 09:01 AM

For what it's worth, Rikae darling, I figured you were evil, but I had bigger minds to melt at the time, because I figured you'd eventually make yourself suspect to everyone else. I was rather disappointed when you were dreamt, actually. It takes all the fun out of life.

Oh, and Shasta? You need to link that post, 'cause I can't find it. That hint completely made my Day though. Of course I was hoping I could butter you up for a while (or that you'd just stay lurking in the shadows and that my precious Dun would kill you, but obviously that ddn't pan out) but again, somebody ruined my fun. Jerk.

Nerwen · 08-14-2010, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foley

It was said more than once that if I were Dionysus (which, apparently, I was), that would explain for the way I played throughout the game. Will you please tell me how exactly you mean that I played? You see, I played my very best for the good of the gods, I really, trully did. I dreaded being turned the entire time, for I have a hard time changing loyalties like that, and I was actually really upset about being changed at the last minute.

It's hard to explain. You just played like you had a guilty secret, somehow. I know you didn't play cobbler; it isn't that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikae

*sigh* From the moment I saw Shasta and Nerwen's hints, I knew they were going to come back to bite us. But in fairness to them, they rreally did need to get in contact with each other.

Eh? I never dropped any hints. What would be the point?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikae

And I'd just like to say I quite liked my role. God of war suits me very well, I think....

Believe it or not, that's the first thing that crossed my mind when your role was revealed.

08-14-2010, 12:32 AM	#1
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Picking the Roles This was a challenge as all I wanted to do was pick people to give the roles too. This ended up happening with Wilwa, phantom and Kath. Why? Wilwa brought me a Kath for my birthday and Wilwa convinced phantom to play. End of story. But the rest were kind of fun to pick. I wrote the remaining 16 players names on small sheets of paper, folded them up and put them in my fedora. I then grabbed another sheet and wrote the role on it. I drew six names from it. From those six names, I looked at the gender of the God/Goddess and removed the opposite sex (you’ll see what I mean in a minute) then put the remaining names back in the hat and drew until one player’s name had been drawn five times. This is how the draws happened NOTE: I have little comments for each of them because something happened *Poseidon* First Draw – Eonwe, Greenie, Lottie, Lalaith, Zil, Nog Removed – Greenie, Lottie, Lalaith Second Draw Eonwe 4 Zil 2 Nog 5 This was funny for me as Eonwe was leading and was JUST about to get the role before Nog swooped in with another three times. Oh, and keep watching the player’s drawn on the first draw and you’ll notice something that made me laugh! Hades* First Draw - Rikae, Eonwe, Lalaith, Greenie, Shasta, Nienna Removed - Rikae, Lalaith, Shasta, Nienna Second Draw Eonwe 3 Shasta 5 Not gonna lie, I was kind of hoping this one would work out this way….Sorry Eonwe!!! Don’t hate me!! Persephone* First Draw - Zil, Greenie, Boro, Nerwen, Nienna, Mac Removed - Zil, Boro, Mac Second Draw Greenie 2 Nerwen 5 Nienna 2 Nerwen won this one in a landslide ladies. I had a feeling it would be her because her name had three points to it before either of you two had on. And I hope you’ve all caught two names that have kept resurfacing in all of these! Demeter* First Draw - Boro, Tum, Eonwe, Folwren, Nienna, Greenie Removed - Boro, Eonwe Second Draw Tum 1 Folwren 2 Nienna 1 Greenie 5 Another landslide. Greenie finally got a role after having her name drawn EVERY SINGLE time to this point! I was REALLY tempted to just give the role to Nienna (all Bostonmooters [and probably Genevamooters as well] would fully understand why [LOVE YOU Ni!!]) but I figured that Greenie deserved it after having her name drawn three times and getting nothing. Oh, and in the first four draws, all four ladies were drawn once. Hebe* First Draw - Lalaith, Rikae, Boro, Mira, Zil, Folwren Removed - Boro, Zil Second Draw Lalaith 4 Rikae 4 Mira 5 Folwren 4 I honestly had no idea which way this was going to go because it was close throughout the entire thing. Every time I drew a name, it was a different one (obviously). Hercules* First Draw - Rikae, Lalaith, Mac, Folwren, Zil, Nienna Removed - Rikae, Lalaith, Folwre, Nienna Second Draw Mac 5 Zil 4 Again, another REALLY close round. Everytime I drew Mac, Zil’s name would follow right behind it. Apollo* First Draw – Tum, Nienna, Boro, Lalaith, BeiGei, Zil Removed - NONE (Will explain in footnote) Second Draw Tum 5 Nienna 1 Boro 2 Sally 4 BeiGei 4 Zil 3 The reason I did not remove any names from this round is because Apollo is the True Seer and I felt like mixing it up. At this point, I started cutting the names being drawn from 6 to 4 Hermes* First Draw – Eonwe, Zil, Boro, Rikae Removed - NONE (Will explain in footnote) Second Draw Eonwe 1 Zil 1 Boro 5 Rikae 0 Same reason as Apollo, as the False Seer, I did not want Hermes to have any gender constriction…a lot of good that did eh? And at this point, I only have two male players left with many more male roles, so all names remain in at this point. Ares* First Draw - Rikae, Folwren, Lottie, Eonwe Second Draw Rikae 5 Folwren 3 Lottie 4 Eonwe 4 This was an entertaining draw for me as Lottie wasn’t even on the map as the other three had two draws each, and then Lottie came out of nowhere and had four votes, with Rikae still at two. Yay randomness!! At this point, three names are being drawn. Hephaestus* First Draw - Zil, Eonwe, Lalaith Second Draw Zil 2 Eonwe 0 Lalaith 5 Poor Eonwe still hasn’t received a role yet and I think there have only been a couple of times when his name wasn’t drawn. Aphrodite* First Draw - Folwren, BeiGei, Zil Second Draw Sally 2 BeiGei 5 Zil 4 Another interesting round. Zil had four draws by the time Foley even had one and BeiGei had two. Pan* First Round - Eonwe, Lottie, Nienna Second Round Eonwe 2 Sally 1 Nienna 5 Eonwe got gypped again!! Nienna is lucky though because the role after next to be handed out is the Hunter…and some of us know her terrible luck with Hunters lol. Note at this point, two names are being drawn. Dionysus* First Round - Eonwe, Folwren Second Round Eonwe 0 Folwren 5 ….And again gypped. Just not his luck I guess! Artemis* First Round - Lottie, Eonwe Second Round Lottie 5 Eonwe 2 And gypped once more!! Maybe he’ll get lucky with the next round!? Eros* Zil 5 Eonwe 2 And again, he misses which means…. Athena* Eonwe 0 Sally 5 Definitely not his day…In other words, I’m sorry Eonwe. This is what happens when it is quite literally luck of the draw!! Don’t hate me!! __________________ I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

08-14-2010, 12:35 AM	#2
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Night Picks True Seer Dreams Night 1 – Nog – Poseidon Night 2 – Lottie – Artemis Night 3 – Rikae - Ares Night 4 – Zil - Eros False Seer Dreams Night 1 – Keeper (aka Mira) – Hestia Night 2 – Nerwen – Athena 2nd False Seer Dreams Night 3 – Nogrod – Artemis Night 4 – Nerwen - Hercules Night 5 – phantom - Hebe Wolf Picks Night 2 - Boro Night 3 – Mira Night 4 – Lottie Night 5 – Zil Night 6 – Nienna Night 7 – Folwren Night 8 – phantom Ranger Picks Night 2 – the phantom Night 3 – Lottie Night 4 – Sally Night 5 – Kath Night 6 – Sally Hunter Picks Night 2 - Tum Night 3 – Night 4 - Wilwa Persephone Guess Night 2 – Wilwa Night 3 – Shasta Eros Picks Night 2 – Greenie (Protect) Night 3 – Mira (Protect) Night 3 – Mac (Hunt) Night 4 - phantom (Protect) Night 4 – Nienna (Hunt) Night 5 – Foley (Protect) Night 5 – Greenie (Hunt) Others Mytho – Night 2 – Boro Zeus Kill – Day 4 – Tum Persephone Dream – Night 7 - Lalaith Oh, just to clear the air, Tum was the True Seer, Boro and Kath were the false. I think that's everything from me, so go ahead and post everyone!! Thanks for a great game!! __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

08-14-2010, 02:16 AM	#3
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	Right, well, first off, I owe a huge apology to Nog and Tum. I was totally wrong about you guys. I meant to say it Day 4, but see, I couldn't. So sorry! ~~~ Thanks for modding, O Wonderous Modly One of Glird! And as it happens, Artemis was pretty much the best role I could've gotten, so yay for randomness! Zil, I have our pms, and I can post them soon. (I would post them now, but it's already midnight-thirty, and I want to go to bed soon!) Great game, guys! Good job winning the game, Good Team. (@Sally: ) __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

08-14-2010, 07:31 AM	#5
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Excellent job, village! That was a most formidable wolf-pack to begin with, and you even had the Cursed against you at the end. I feel bad for my relentless pursuit of Tum, but Lottie and I had decided she was our number 1 suspect fairly early on. I left her unprotected after she revealed with the expectation that Pan would probably have protected her that Night, and then we could simply trade off. Thanks for ruining that, phantom. Lottie was a great partner to have on this. It's always interesting to go back and read PM's with hind sight. You can post them, Lottie. I don't think I said anything that wasn't family-friendly. Look over them, though. The Mira- save was founded on the belief that the wolves would have been tempted to go after her based on Boro's "hint" to her. Glad to see that was apparently the case! And my killing Greenie? Well, I'd been afraid one of the quiet ones (e.g. Kath, Lalaith, Greenie, or Nienna was slipping under my radar. Nog had said some things about suspecting Greenie because she was being so nice to him, or something of that nature, and that tipped the scales in her favour. Add to that the fact that when I sent that pick in to Glirdan I was waiting for a table at a seaside restaurant that has the most excellent crabcakes one could imagine, and I might not have been thinking entirely clearly. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

08-14-2010, 08:37 AM	#6
Folwren Messenger of Hope Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a tiny, insignificant little town in one of the many States. Posts: 5,076	Thanks for modding, Glirdan! I enjoyed this game very much. I'm flattered that my death took so long. Though, I must say, I imagined my character much different. (Forgive me...that's what comes of being a RPGer, I imagine characters in depth. Ah well.) That was a pretty intense game...Especially there at the end. I have a question for the three remaining players, but mostly for Nerwen and Sally: It was said more than once that if I were Dionysus (which, apparently, I was), that would explain for the way I played throughout the game. Will you please tell me how exactly you mean that I played? You see, I played my very best for the good of the gods, I really, trully did. I dreaded being turned the entire time, for I have a hard time changing loyalties like that, and I was actually really upset about being changed at the last minute. Phantom - why did you kill Tum? -- Foley __________________ A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. - C.S. Lewis

08-14-2010, 08:43 AM	#7
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	sigh From the moment I saw Shasta and Nerwen's hints, I knew they were going to come back to bite us. But in fairness to them, they rreally did need to get in contact with each other. I can see I'm becoming the person no one bothers to suspect because they know the seer will dream them... maybe I'll stick to seer-free games from here on out! And I'd just like to say I quite liked my role. God of war suits me very well, I think.... and it was a cool coincidence that our old wolf-pack from the previous unfinished game was sort of reunited. Good game, everybody!

08-14-2010, 09:01 AM	#8
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	For what it's worth, Rikae darling, I figured you were evil, but I had bigger minds to melt at the time, because I figured you'd eventually make yourself suspect to everyone else. I was rather disappointed when you were dreamt, actually. It takes all the fun out of life. Oh, and Shasta? You need to link that post, 'cause I can't find it. That hint completely made my Day though. Of course I was hoping I could butter you up for a while (or that you'd just stay lurking in the shadows and that my precious Dun would kill you, but obviously that ddn't pan out) but again, somebody ruined my fun. Jerk. __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.